Mormon Resistance: A Documentary Account of the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858 - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803273576 ISBN 13 : 9780803273573

Editeur : Bison Books, 2005

Synopsis

In 1857 President Buchanan quietly sent new officials to rule the Utah Territory and replace Brigham Young as the territorial governor. With no official announcement, the new leaders were accompanied by a twenty-five-hundred-member troop under the leadership of Col. Albert Sidney Johnston. The secrecy, the size of the military force, and past experiences caused the Mormons to mistakenly believe they were about to be invaded by the federal government. Utah's territorial militia, the Nauvoo Legion, readied itself against the impending invasion until disagreement and disapproval in Washington finally led to successful diplomacy and a reluctant peace.

LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen have brought together the principal official documents pertaining to these singular and nearly tragic events as well as excerpts from the diaries and journals of the central figures, speeches given in Congress and in Utah, and pertinent correspondence.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

LeRoy R. Hafen (1893-1985) was a professor of history at Brigham Young University. He and his wife, Ann W. Hafen (1893-1970), edited Journals of Forty-Niners: Salt Lake to Los Angeles and are the authors of Handcarts to Zion: The Story of a Unique Western Migration, 1856-1860, both available in Bison Books editions.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bison Books
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803273576
• ISBN 13: 9780803273573
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 376
• Éditeur: Hafen LeRoy R., Hafen Ann W.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible